Great lists everyone, keep them coming!  Neat thing is you've given me some new ideas and I've been doing Rotation since 2000!

God's Storytable Props

I was thinking what do I have that's unusual in my resources and I guess it's my love for our God's Storytable Workshop and so I'm always on the lookout for objects that will help the children recreate bible story scenes, that they then photograph.  These pictures are used to create slideshows in the computer lab later using Kids Pix Deluxe. 

Toys do not have a long shelf life I've found, so if you see something you need to purchase it then, not wait until the story rolls around again in your rotation.

Some of the props I've collected since 2006 are shown in the photos below.  I've included links for the same props or something similar if it's been discontinued.

• Ground Playmat - I drew this, painted it, and had it laminated.  It's attached to the table top with Velcro pieces.  Because it's laminated the room's ceiling light sometimes causes a glare when taken in pictures, so I have a large piece of cardboard the children who are part of the "Background Set Designers" will hold above the table to block some of the above light.  Helps give everyone jobs and we all switch places for each new scene.
• Castle - Melissa & Doug's Folding Wooden Castle.   Can be used for so many stories!  It opens up and the outside can be used to create a long city wall or the other side inside a city - features a jail cell inside that has a door that slides open and shut (for prison scenes).
• Castle Furniture - "Melissa & Doug Castle Furniture".
• Bible Time House - Playmobil's 4246 Egyptian Tomb Treasure.  Another great buy as the roof lifts off (great for the story of the man let down through the roof).  This is a discontinued item so I don't know how long you'll be able to find it.
• Toy Sheep
• Lego Palm Trees (I still have the Lego from when my kids where small - they are adults now.  In that bucket I've found all sorts of useful items - like wine globlets, water pitchers, etc.)

• my table has two pull out draws at each end (this was given to me and it appears to be hand made).
• One drawer holds all my people figures
• The Tales of Glory series stable from their Nativity Set & the fishing boat from their Galilean Boat Set (Jesus & the Disciples). 
• Tales of Glory also has a Noah's Ark Play Set and several mini playsets (Jesus Feeds 5000, Samson & Deliah, Jonah & the big Fish, Daniel & the Lion, Jesus Walks on Water, Moses & Pharaoh.
• Playmobil Egyptians - Soldier Playset & Tomb Raiders with Camel Playset. 
  Note:  the Playmobil Egyptian series has been discontinued so not sure how long you'll be able to find these on-line).

• The other drawer holds trees, animals (sheep, lions, horses, camels, donkeys, hippos, alligators, camp fire, Egyptian idols,  and other miscellaneous items.)
  
  
• A good site to find miscellaneous tiny Playmobil items that you can buy individually is Ron's Rescued Treasures, such as:  globlets, vase, loaves, money sack with hand grip, water pitcher, fish, etc..  You just need to check to see if it's in stock and if not check back later.  The best way to search is type Playmobil and item name (example: loaves) then find the one that suits you and check to see if he has it in stock.  He's Canadian, but does ship to the United States.

• Pyramid (Fisher Price Little Einstein Golden Pyramid Eygypt Mission Playset).
• Chariot (Playmobil Egyptian Chariot with Egyptian Rider)
• Small Wooden Castles (Michaels Wooden Bird House Castle)
• Tent / Stable Fisher Price - Little People 3 Sets: Nativity  / Wise Men  / Lil' Shepherd  (sold as a group or in three individual sets.) 
  Notes:  there use to also be the Bethlehem Inn set, but it's been discontinued and is priced $$$$$ on ebay.)  Instead they came out with the Lil' Shepherd set and redid the Wise Men set which use to have 3 tents & 3 camels, not just one of each.
• Joseph's Pit - Lego Ramp Pit Rock Vintage base plate.

David & Goliath

Props you can use to recreate a similar scene: 

• Background - Betty Lukin Water & Sky Flannel Background (You can buy it already mounted to cardboard or mount it yourself to a piece of cardboard.  The children who are the "Background Scene Setters" for that scene hold it so the water line is at the table height so you only see the sky - makes the scenes more realistic than seeing your room's wall.)  They have other scenes you could also use:  a room and a prison cell.
• David & Goliath's Armour Bearer - "David & Goliath Mini Playset" (Tales of Glory).  I expect this will be discontinued as they now have come out with, just this year, a new "David & Goliath Play Set" (Tales of Glory) that comes with more pieces, including soldiers and a much larger Goliath, no stones though.  I used the smaller Goliath from the mini-set as Goliath's armour bearer. 
• Goliath - Roman Solider (Bible Quest Series).
• Israelites - disciples from the "Galilean Boat Playset - Jesus and the Disciples" (Tales of Glory Series).
• King - a wise man from the Tales of Glory Nativity Set.
• Philistines - Melissa & Doug's Castle Dolls. and a Playmobil knight.

Jesus as a Child traveling to Jerusalem for Passover

• night background - black felt with felt stars and moon.
• the other blue rounded background piece use to come with the Fisher Price Little People Nativity Sets, but they discontinued that part.
• Palm Trees come with each of the Fisher Price - Little People Sets.

• Melissa & Doug's Folding Wooden Castle - shown opened to create the city of Jerusalem.
• Bethlehem Inn - as noted above discontinued and big $$$$ on ebay.
• Market Stalls - something I picked up at Dollarama years ago.
• Temple - this was in a book that's no longer available, but another idea would be Solomon's Temple Model by Tim Dowley (Candle Books).
• The mini-scrolls were from the Heroe's of Faith Series (discontinued).  The characters were too small for the story table, but the scrolls were neat.
• The small wooden furniture for the tabernacle was from a Mormon website no longer around.

Joseph's Story

The Tabernacle

The idea was to have something the kids could take apart and then put back together, like a puzzle. 

• base - sheet of polystyrene (maybe 3/4" thick).
• assorted wooden blocks - I painted gold.
• Most of the pillars I simple had pressed into the polystyrene to make a bit of a permanent dent (none where glued down) for when they went to put it back together they simply sat the poles into the dents.
• I made small folded cards for each part (not pictured). 
• furniture I purchased on-line (website no longer there).
• different felt pieces used for roof coverings
• the Holy of Hollies does have wood pieces glued to the polystyrene on each side of the those blocks, so block could be inserted then removed, I put eye hole screws on some of the side blocks and thread very thin dowel rods through them.
• Everything was removable except for the thing grey strips of wood seen in bottom picture.

Fall of Jericho